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Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska sentencing data

As of October 16, 2026, according to Nebraska Department of Correctional Services records, 160 people sentenced in Scotts Bluff County were held in Nebraska state prisons. Their median sentence is 10 years, shorter than the statewide median of 12 years. 34% are serving 20 years or more, compared with 41% statewide. The most common offense is pwid-meth.

160people in prison

10 yearsmedian sentence (state: 12 years)

34%serving 20+ years (state: 41%)

12life sentences

See Scotts Bluff County records County sentencing report

Sentences by offense: Scotts Bluff County vs. Nebraska

Offenses with 10+ people. Median of the longest sentence from each person's most recent sentencing; life and death sentences not included.

Offense	People	Scotts Bluff median (yrs)	Nebraska median (yrs)
Pwid-Meth	12	11	10

Race

Group	People	Share
White	78	49%
Hispanic	59	37%
Indigenous	15	9.4%

Groups with fewer than 10 people are not shown.

Other Nebraska counties

Adams Box Butte Buffalo Cass Cheyenne Dakota Dawson Dodge Douglas Gage Hall Hamilton Holt Keith Lancaster Lincoln Madison Nemaha Otoe Platte Red Willow Saline Sarpy Saunders Scotts Bluff Seward Sheridan Washington York

About this data

Source: Nebraska Department of Correctional Services public inmate records. People currently in state prison custody whose longest sentence was imposed in Scotts Bluff County, one record per person, using the longest sentence from their most recent sentencing. Criminal history is not in the data, so differences between counties can reflect prior records as well as sentencing practice.